Representation and Development in Brazil, 1972-1973 (ICPSR 7712)

Conducted in 1973-1974 in Brazil, this survey was designed
to measure two sets of respondents' preferences regarding salient
policy issues, their evaluations of political life and government
performance, and their conceptions of relationships between themselves
and their representatives in labor unions and in the political arena
at large. Interview schedules for each group of respondents are nearly
identical, but the sampling frames are very different. Therefore, the
data from the separate samples are supplied as Part 1 (Mass Sample)
and Part 2 (Union Sample) in two separate files. Variables include
respondents' preferences as to which course of action the government
should take in each of a series of policy domains, ranging from birth
control and income redistribution to the limits on political
opposition and governmental controls over organized labor. There are
variables indicating respondents' opinions elicited on several current
issues of controversy, including the political role of the military,
censorship, and the system of indirect elections. The survey also
contains data on the respondents' degree of organizational involvement
of unionized workers, including variables pertaining to their
participation in sindicatos (unions), their evaluation of the
performance of the sindicato leadership, and indications of how the
represented might hold the leadership to account for their
actions. Additional variables deal with membership evaluation of
sindicato functions and influence, respondents' party identification,
past electoral choices, and evaluations of post-1964 government
policies. Other variables include respondents' interest in politics
and in the operation of government, as well as their perceptions of the
effect of government on their lives. Variables provided by the
interviewers include perceptions of the respondents' interest in the
interview, the sincerity with which questions were answered, and the
presence and behavior of other persons at the interview. A full range
of background information is also contained in the data collection,
including variables on respondents' age, sex, race, religion,
educational level, occupation, income, marital status, birthplace,
father's education and occupation, migration, and media use.

Conducted in 1973-1974 in Brazil, this survey was designed
to measure two sets of respondents' preferences regarding salient
policy issues, their evaluations of political life and government
performance, and their conceptions of relationships between themselves
and their representatives in labor unions and in the political arena
at large. Interview schedules for each group of respondents are nearly
identical, but the sampling frames are very different. Therefore, the
data from the separate samples are supplied as Part 1 (Mass Sample)
and Part 2 (Union Sample) in two separate files. Variables include
respondents' preferences as to which course of action the government
should take in each of a series of policy domains, ranging from birth
control and income redistribution to the limits on political
opposition and governmental controls over organized labor. There are
variables indicating respondents' opinions elicited on several current
issues of controversy, including the political role of the military,
censorship, and the system of indirect elections. The survey also
contains data on the respondents' degree of organizational involvement
of unionized workers, including variables pertaining to their
participation in sindicatos (unions), their evaluation of the
performance of the sindicato leadership, and indications of how the
represented might hold the leadership to account for their
actions. Additional variables deal with membership evaluation of
sindicato functions and influence, respondents' party identification,
past electoral choices, and evaluations of post-1964 government
policies. Other variables include respondents' interest in politics
and in the operation of government, as well as their perceptions of the
effect of government on their lives. Variables provided by the
interviewers include perceptions of the respondents' interest in the
interview, the sincerity with which questions were answered, and the
presence and behavior of other persons at the interview. A full range
of background information is also contained in the data collection,
including variables on respondents' age, sex, race, religion,
educational level, occupation, income, marital status, birthplace,
father's education and occupation, migration, and media use.

Access Notes

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Universe:
Part 1: Persons 18 years of age and older residing
in Southeast Brazil. Part 2: Members of 12 labor sindicatos (union
locals) residing in the metropolitan regions of Sao Paulo and Rio de
Janeiro.

Data Type(s):
observational data,
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

The interview schedules are nearly identical for
the two samples surveyed, but the samples were independently selected
and must be analyzed separately. They cannot be merged and analyzed as
a single population.

The dataset includes 53 questions that
appeared as open-ended probes in the original survey and whose codes
are in Portuguese.

An additional sample of 269 national elites was
also interviewed during 1972-1973. However, concern with
confidentiality prevented the release of the elite materials through
ICPSR.

Multiple variants exist in the literature for the spelling
of the name Amaury G. de Souza, one of the Principal Investigators
of this study. ICPSR uses the preferred form found in library
authority lists when citing his name in related publications.

Methodology

Sample:
Part 1: A multistage probability sample, including:
(Stage 1) the intentional selection of six states to represent the
Southeastern region, each of which received representation in
proportion to population, (Stage 2) selection of municipios, a
county-like administrative unit of local government, selected with
probabilities proportional to size after being stratified by degree of
urbanization, with capital cities included with certainty, and (Stage
3) selection of census sectors which were divided into segments
containing a manageable number of dwellings. Households were selected
systematically from segment listings, and one respondent was chosen
with known probability within each household included in the
sample. Part 2: A systematic random sample of unionized workers.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Standardized missing values.

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release: 1984-06-20

Version History:

2006-01-18 File QU7712.PDF was removed from any
previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will
accompany all downloads.